Magazine-firearm.



- W. BENNETT MAGAZINE FIREARM. APPLICATION FILED A Patented Aug. 27,1912; 1

' T all whom it may concern:

NITED STATES PATENT onnioij.

wmcnns'rrm. BENNETT, or NEW Haven, CONNECTICUT, nssrcnon 'ro wmcnnsrnnREPEATI-NG ARMS 00., OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

, MAGAZINE-FIREARM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April. 8, 1912. Serial No. 689,245.

Be it known that I, WINCHEST R BEN: nnr'r, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New Haven, in thecounty of New Haven andkState ofConnecticut, have invented a 1 new anduseful Improvement in Ma azineinmagazine firearms, and particularly to magazine firearms in which atubular maga-' zine is arranged below the barrel.

The object of the invention is the same as that set forth in applicationfiled by moon the 6th day of April, 1912, Serial No. 688,965, namely, toconvert a many-shot gun into a two-shot gun. In that application atransformer was employed independent of the cartridge follower butlocated in the magazine tube so as to limit the movement of thecartridge follower beyond the point which would permit of more than onecartridge shell to be inserted into the magazine tube. The transformershown in my previous application consisted of a rod located withinthemagazine spring hearing at its forward end against the magazine cap,and of such a length as to arrest the forward movement of the cartridgefollower beyond the point-which will permit more than one cartridgeshell to be inserted into the magazine tube abut in that constructionthere were no means provided for holding the rod or transformer in itsforward position.

The particular object of this invention is to provide means for holdingthe transformer at the forward end of the magazine tube; andthe-invention consists in providing the transformer with a head whichwill bear against the magazine cap andprovide a shoulder against whichthe maga zine spring will rest; and the invention consists in theconstruction as hereinafter described and particularly recited ini theclaim.

In carrying out my invention, I provide the transformer rod 2 with anenlarged head 3 adapted to fit within the magazine tube 4 and having abearing against the magazine cap 5 which is employed to' close the outerend of the magazinetube after the follower spring and transformer havebeen inserted. The transformer rod 2 extends through the magazine spring8 and the head 3 forms a bearing for the outer end.

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against the cap. The length of the transformer is such as toarrest theforward movemo nt. of. the cartridge follower 6 at a point whichwiltpermitpf but one cartridge shell I, to be inserted into themagazine, which cartridge with the one in the barrel 7 makes a gun atwo-shot gun. The head 3 not only serves to center the transformer, butalso facilitates the introduction of the magazine .spring into themagazine tube. While this transformer forms a positive stop for themovement ofthe followeni-beyond a point which will permit more than onecartridge shell to be inserted into the magazine, it

may be removed when the gun is to beused in districts where norestrictions on the number of shots which may be fired without reloadingis imposed.

I claim In a firearm, the combination with the tubular magazine and themagazine cap thereof, of a spring-actuated cartridge-fol lowerlongitudinally movable therein, and a removable transformer locatedwithin the magazine tube and comprising a rod extending within themagazine spring, said rod provided with a head at its outer end againstwhich the said spring bears and by hjch the forward end of thetransformer 1 against the said cap and so as to lim forward inovefiaentofthe follower.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in thepresence-of two Sill)".

scribing witnesses. v

INCHESTER BENNETT.

Witnesses:

DANIEL H. VEADEK, THOMAS C. Jorrnson.

